In Logatec, southeast of Slovenia’s capital, I have collected 4 different clays. Only one stands high temperatures, but it has one mayor fault. It contains very small particles of charcoal-like material. And because clay itself is very plastic and consists of finest of clay particles it is also a very closed clay body. The organic […]

Geology of south Istria is similar than geology of Karst. Calcium carbonates as limestone deteriorates into red clay. It is everywhere an very red, though the texture is a little different than Karst’s. I went to collect it to the beach. There is some directly on the beach where we swim in the summer. That […]

For a long time I have wanted to try one or two months in isolation for the sole purpose: focused creativity and work. So I packed my clay and tools and went to south tip of Istria, where my parents own a weekend house. House is situated in a small settlement of about 10 houses, […]

We hosted Felix Giron from Wandering Art Tea Academy on January 24th, who presented beautiful Chinese tea ceremony. We tested 4 different teas and tried our skills at preparing and serving tea. Thank you Felix and to many more warm gatherings like that!